Storing a battery ................................................................................................................
28
Disposing of a used battery ...............................................................................................
Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................
Using external AC power ....................................................................................................................
29
Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................
30
5 External cards and devices ..........................................................................................................................
31
Using Digital Media Slot cards (select models only) ..........................................................................
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................
Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................
32
Using PC Cards (select models only) .................................................................................................
Configuring a PC Card .......................................................................................................
33
Inserting a PC Card ...........................................................................................................
Removing a PC Card .........................................................................................................
34
Using ExpressCards (select models only) ..........................................................................................
35
Configuring an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................
Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................
36
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................
37
Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................
38
Removing a smart card ......................................................................................................
Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................
Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................
Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................
39
Using 1394 devices (select models only) ...........................................................................................
Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................
40
Removing a 1394 device ...................................................................................................
Using an eSATA device (select models only) ....................................................................................
Connecting an eSATA device ............................................................................................
41
Removing an eSATA device ..............................................................................................
Using optional external devices ..........................................................................................................
42
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................
Using the expansion port (select models only) ..................................................................
Using the docking connector (select models only) ............................................................
43
6 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................
44
Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................
Using hard drives ...............................................................................................................................
45
Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................
Using Disk Defragmenter ..................................................................................
Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................
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